Belle De Jour [1967] [Criterion] (BLU)

Luis Bunuel

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Synopsis

In French with English subtitles.

Catherine Deneuve's porcelain perfection hides a cracked interior in the actress’s most iconic role: Séverine, a Paris housewife who begins secretly spending her afternoon hours working in a bordello. This surreal and erotic late-sixties daydream from provocateur for the ages Luis Buñuel isan examination of desire and fetishistic pleasure (its characters’ and its viewers’), as well as a gently absurdist take on contemporary social mores and class divisions. Fantasy and reality commingle in this burst of cinematic transgression, which was one of Buñuel’s biggest hits.

Product Details

Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Jean Sorel

Format: Color, Widescreen

Language: English

Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1

Number of Discs: 1

Rating: R

Label: The Criterion Collection

Release Date: 01/17/2012

Run Time: 100 minutes

Catalogue #: 2100

Special Features

Audio commentary featuring Michael Wood, author of the BFI Film Classics book Belle De Jour